Marie Curie - A Scientific Genius (minisode)

Marie Curie was one of the finest scientific minds of the 20th century. She was born in Poland - a country that didn’t technically exist - in a time and place where women were not even allowed to study at university. Through her own hard work and dedication, she became a highly respected physicist and the winner of two Nobel prizes - still the only person to have ever won in two science disciplines, Chemistry and Physics. She also promoted women in science, and through her development of mobile x-ray machines helped save the lives of countless soldiers in the First World War. She was a truly remarkable woman.

Sources/Further Reading

Sobel, Dava: The Elements of Marie Curie - How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

Gunderman, Dr Richard: Marie Curie - The Pioneer, The Nobel Laureate, The Discoverer of Radioactivity

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

The Nobel Prize: Marie Curie Biographical https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1903/marie-curie/biographical/

Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity https://history.aip.org/exhibits/curie/polgirl1.htm

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